Pumacancha (possibly from

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

''puma''

cougar The cougar (''Puma concolor'') is a large Felidae, cat native to the Americas. Its Species distribution, range spans from the Canadian Yukon to the southern Andes in South America and is the most widespread of any large wild terrestrial mamm ...

, puma, ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses)Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) is a mountain in the

Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu suyu ), is a department and region in Peru and is the fourth largest department in the country, after Madre de Dios, Ucayali, and Loreto. It borders the departments of Ucayali on the north; Madre de D ...

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, about high. It is situated in the

Paucartambo Province Paucartambo Province (from Quechua: Pawqar Tampu, meaning "colo(u)red '' tambo''") is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru. Boundaries * North: Madre de Dios Region * East: Quispicanchi Province * South ...

Caicay District Caicay District is one of six districts of the province Paucartambo in Peru. Geography The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which flows along the western border of the district. Ethnic groups The people in the district ...

.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Paucartambo Province (Cusco Region)

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Mountains of Peru Mountains of Cusco Region {{Cusco-geo-stub

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